How To Install libcivetweb1 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcivetweb1 on Kali Linux. libcivetweb1 is embeddable web server with optional CGI, SSL and Lua support (lib)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcivetweb1 on Kali Linux.

What is libcivetweb1

libcivetweb1 is:

CivetWeb is an easy to use, powerful, C (C/C++) embeddable web server with optional CGI, SSL and Lua support. CivetWeb has a MIT license so you can innovate without restrictions.

CivetWeb can be used by developers as a library, to add web server functionality to an existing application.

It can also be used by end users as a stand-alone web server running on a Windows or Linux PC. It is available as single executable, no installation is required.

This package contains the shared library for civetweb.

There are three methods to install libcivetweb1 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libcivetweb1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcivetweb1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcivetweb1

Install libcivetweb1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcivetweb1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcivetweb1

Install libcivetweb1 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libcivetweb1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcivetweb1

How To Uninstall libcivetweb1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libcivetweb1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcivetweb1

Uninstall libcivetweb1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcivetweb1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcivetweb1

Remove libcivetweb1 Configurations and Data

To remove libcivetweb1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcivetweb1

Remove libcivetweb1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcivetweb1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcivetweb1

Dependencies

libcivetweb1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcivetweb1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.